Mwayi Lusaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 2285485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mwayi Lusaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mwayi |
| FAMILY NAME | Lusaka |
| SIGNATURE | LUSAKA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mzuzu University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-7729-083X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Performing the “Tribe”? Ethnic Heritage Associations and the Unesco 2003 Convention in Malawi
Curating the nation
This article specifically concerns itself with Museum of Malawi as an institution of public culture. Particularly it explores how Museum of Malawi collected, exhibited and interpreted its heritage in its displays. Drawn on a combination of historical modes of inquiry that include qualitative interviews, documentary sources and exhibition analysis the article argues that it is largely through ethnographic collections that the Museum of Malawi cons…
Kamuzu Banda’s memory and negotiation of power in Malawi
This article explores how the competing narratives about Kamuzu Banda’s memory took place between 1964 and 2009 in Malawi, a period during which monuments and commemorative public holidays became the sites on which Kamuzu Banda’s memory was either reconstructed and inscribed or contested as national heritage and identity to yield legitimacy in a political struggle of negotiation of power. Drawing on archival and documentary sources, interviews an…
Whose Museum? Collobaration and Contestation over Heritage Management at the Cultural and Museum Center Karonga in Malawi
This article explores how the disciplines of paleontology and archaeology enabled the establishment of the Cultural and Museum Center Karonga, popularly known as Karonga Museum, in Karonga district, in northern Malawi. Important in the article is how the international paleontologists and archaelogists together with researchers in the Department of Museums and Monuments of Malawi mooted strategies to collaborate with the local community in order t…
David Livingstone and Heritage Diplomacy in Malawi-Scotland Relations
This article engages with discourses of public memory and heritage as constituted by the biography of David Livingstone to understand how the past is instrumentalised in present-day Malawi and Scotland. It discusses how in Malawi and Scotland, Livingstone’s memory has influenced, and continues to influence, the making of bilateral relations between these two nations. Drawing on archival and documentary sources, interviews and exhibition analysis …
Museums as agents for social change
Memory, Oral History and Conservation at Robben Island's Bluestone Quarry
This article is a critical examination of a conservation project on the restoration of the Stone Wall at Bluestone Quarry on Robben Island, a world heritage site. The project attracted different stakeholders with diverse interests. The Stone Wall was originally built by political prisoners in the early 1960s as part of their hard labour. During the course of the project, issues relating to the authenticity of the Stone Wall arose which pointed to…
David Livingstone and Heritage Diplomacy in Malawi-Scotland Relations
This article engages with discourses of public memory and heritage as constituted by the biography of David Livingstone to understand how the past is instrumentalised in present-day Malawi and Scotland. It discusses how in Malawi and Scotland, Livingstone’s memory has influenced, and continues to influence, the making of bilateral relations between these two nations. Drawing on archival and documentary sources, interviews and exhibition analysis …
Memory, Oral History and Conservation at Robben Island's Bluestone Quarry
This article is a critical examination of a conservation project on the restoration of the Stone Wall at Bluestone Quarry on Robben Island, a world heritage site. The project attracted different stakeholders with diverse interests. The Stone Wall was originally built by political prisoners in the early 1960s as part of their hard labour. During the course of the project, issues relating to the authenticity of the Stone Wall arose which pointed to…
Memory, Oral History and Conservation at Robben Island's Bluestone Quarry
This article is a critical examination of a conservation project on the restoration of the Stone Wall at Bluestone Quarry on Robben Island, a world heritage site. The project attracted different stakeholders with diverse interests. The Stone Wall was originally built by political prisoners in the early 1960s as part of their hard labour. During the course of the project, issues relating to the authenticity of the Stone Wall arose which pointed to…
Museums as agents for social change
Curating the nation
This article specifically concerns itself with Museum of Malawi as an institution of public culture. Particularly it explores how Museum of Malawi collected, exhibited and interpreted its heritage in its displays. Drawn on a combination of historical modes of inquiry that include qualitative interviews, documentary sources and exhibition analysis the article argues that it is largely through ethnographic collections that the Museum of Malawi cons…
Kamuzu Banda’s memory and negotiation of power in Malawi
This article explores how the competing narratives about Kamuzu Banda’s memory took place between 1964 and 2009 in Malawi, a period during which monuments and commemorative public holidays became the sites on which Kamuzu Banda’s memory was either reconstructed and inscribed or contested as national heritage and identity to yield legitimacy in a political struggle of negotiation of power. Drawing on archival and documentary sources, interviews an…
Whose Museum? Collobaration and Contestation over Heritage Management at the Cultural and Museum Center Karonga in Malawi
This article explores how the disciplines of paleontology and archaeology enabled the establishment of the Cultural and Museum Center Karonga, popularly known as Karonga Museum, in Karonga district, in northern Malawi. Important in the article is how the international paleontologists and archaelogists together with researchers in the Department of Museums and Monuments of Malawi mooted strategies to collaborate with the local community in order t…
David Livingstone and Heritage Diplomacy in Malawi-Scotland Relations
This article engages with discourses of public memory and heritage as constituted by the biography of David Livingstone to understand how the past is instrumentalised in present-day Malawi and Scotland. It discusses how in Malawi and Scotland, Livingstone’s memory has influenced, and continues to influence, the making of bilateral relations between these two nations. Drawing on archival and documentary sources, interviews and exhibition analysis …
Performing the “Tribe”? Ethnic Heritage Associations and the Unesco 2003 Convention in Malawi
Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (4 works) · Cultural heritage (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works)